SPHINX FICUS. Alis anticis cinereo fuscoque nebulosis, maculâ apicali
albidâ; posticis nigris basi fasciâque mediâ luteis angulo ani albo.
(Expans. Alar. [male]. 5 unc.--[female]. 6 unc.)
SYN. _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 2. 800. 15. _Cramer_, _tab._ 246. _fig._ E.
_Merian Ins. Surin. t._ 33. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. 366. _No._ 31.
_Gmel. Linn. S. N._ 2380. 15.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ ash-coloured. Head, thorax, abdomen, and anterior
wings dark olive; the extremities of the latter ending in a point, where
is situated a cream-coloured spot, close to the anterior edges, whose
extremity runs to the tips; a patch of a dark cream colour is also placed
on the external edges, joining to the lower corners. Posterior wings,
next the body, dark cream-coloured; below this is a black bar, and
another at the external edges, with a dark cream bar between them. The
abdominal corners terminate in a point, which is of a fine white silvery
hue.
_Under Side._ Breast, abdomen, legs, and wings pale olive brown, with
three faint indistinct lines crossing them from the anterior to the
abdominal edges. The anterior wings having a faint whitish streak placed
at the tips.